Tags: microsoft, nintendo

Hands-on: Bing for iPhone

Snigger as you will over Microsoft's decision to call Bing, its overhauled search engine, a "decision engine", but know this: Bing is the real deal.

Groove may be in Deee-Lite's heart, but it will be far from yours after you've finished with Just Dance.

My Horse Club: On the Trail of the Mysterious Appaloosa

There are loads of horses to ride and make friends with, but the difficult gameplay will challenge young players which runs the risk of becoming frustrating too early in the piece.
Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000

Standing out from the many desktop combos, the Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 has an impressive keyboard but comes with a hefty price tag.
Groovy Chick My Fashion World

A fun, colourful game that ends all too soon, My Fashion World is a game for tweens that could be improved by being a little longer.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars - PSP

The PSP version of this fantastic GTA game is even better than the DS original.
Punch-Out!!

Punch-Out for the Wii isn't much different from the NES version, but it hardly matters when it's this much fun.
Wii Fit Plus

User-created routines and plenty of new activities make Wii Fit Plus a vast improvement on the original, although some important omissions stop it from being a standout.
Forza Motorsport 3

The next instalment, coming in October, offers pumped up visuals, error prone AI drivers and a rewind feature to undo nasty little incidents, like dates with the Armco.
My Fitness Coach

My Fitness Coach: Get In Shape lacks vital feedback that distinguishes the more worthy fitness titles for the Wii.

Best DS games

With the new Nintendo DSi out this year, a whole raft of new and innovative DS games have followed. Here is our pick of the best.
Best Wii games

You've got to hand it to Nintendo. The company keeps pumping out Wii titles that break new ground and expand the gaming experience. So which games should you buy for this family-friendly console?
Microsoft Office Web Apps: Hands on

Microsoft has finally started to open up its web-based versions of Office apps to early testers. We got access to a "technical preview" of Excel and PowerPoint on the web (not, notably, Word).
Microsoft Word 2010 technical preview

Molly Wood takes you inside the new features of Word, including some cool cut-and-paste tricks.

Office 2010 beta gets LinkedIn

Microsoft has released a beta of Office 2010 at its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. The beta integrates social network LinkedIn with Outlook, offers a stripped back Excel for browser editing, and video editing tools for PowerPoint.
Microsoft dabbles in hardware

Taking a page from arch-rival Apple, Microsoft has teamed up with hardware-maker Acer to deliver a Windows 7 laptop created to its specifications.
Microsoft introduces 'Starter' version of Office

The new ad-supported, limited feature version of Office will come preloaded on certain new PCs. The replacement for Microsoft Works is one of several new ways Microsoft is trying to create new customers for its productivity suite.
Windows Phone: Everything you need to know

After months and months of waiting, Microsoft has finally kicked its latest mobile operating system out of the nest to see if it can fend for itself in the big, bad world of smartphone rivalries. Alongside the OS itself, Microsoft also rolled out a bunch of new web-based services as well.

Windows 7 demo: Search tools

Our colleague from ZDNet, Ed Bott, takes a closer look at the search tools in Windows 7 and shows you how you can use them to make your digital life a little more organised.
Windows 7 demo: Window management

Here's a cool new set of gestures and shortcuts to help you move, resize and arrange windows more intelligently in Windows 7.
Xbox Live: FAQ about gaming online

This resource rounds up answers to all the questions we are frequently asked about gaming online with Xbox Live, from getting connected to games, membership, points and more.
How to share files between Office and iWork

Sharing between these two office suites is possible but clunky. Follow our guide to make sharing between Apple iWork and Microsoft Office easier.

Mail Merge Toolkit

Extend mail merging capabilities in Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Publisher.
Console Classix

Access, search, and play classic console games.
MSI Factory

Create your own Windows installer.
Seavus Project Viewer

View and print project plans (*.mpp files) created in Microsoft Project.

Get (laptop) smart before you buy

Win the numbers game and get the laptop that's perfect your needs as well as your budget!
Microsoft Windows® 7. Your PC, simplified.

Windows® 7 has been designed to be more reliable, more responsive, and to make the things you do every day easier.
Whereis® maps

If you’d like to get to know more of Australia, and do it safely, then check out Whereis® maps.